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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 24, 2020Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 24, 2020, 9:45 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jun 24, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2020, 9:45 AM EDT (13:45 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 24, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 24, 2020, 7:09 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2020-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2020-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

292 
WHUS41 KCLE 241345
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
945 AM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-242145-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-200625T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0005.200624T1400Z-200625T0000Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
945 AM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk for rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake 
  and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the 
  lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can 
  carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along 
  structures extending out into the lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

OHZ010-011-241445-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-200624T1400Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-
945 AM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

High risk for rip currents is no longer expected. A moderate swim
risk remains for beaches in Cuyahoga County. Please check with
your local authorities on potential beach closures.

$$
2 follow-up statements
741 
WHUS41 KCLE 241957
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
357 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

OHZ012-089-242100-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200625T0000Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
357 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

High risk for rip currents is no longer expected.

$$

PAZ001-250000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200625T0000Z/
Northern Erie-
357 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk for rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the 
  lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can 
  carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along 
  structures extending out into the lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
938 
WHUS41 KCLE 242309
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
709 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

PAZ001-250015-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200625T0000Z/
Northern Erie-
709 PM EDT Wed Jun 24 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds have diminished on Lake Erie reducing the risk for rip
currents for the rest of this evening into tonight. Therefore,
the Beach Hazards Statement has been cancelled.

There is still a moderate risk for rip currents and swimmers are 
still encouraged to remain out of the water to avoid being swept 
away by the water currents.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 9:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE9 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.